Surname Bakan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakan families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bakan live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<10), Mursko Sredisce (<5), Klostar Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakan (including: Bachan , Bacan , Bhakan , Bakhan , Bakkan , Backan , Bakhann , Bhakhan and Bhakkan ) is present in 115 countries worldwide. "Bachan " is used by some 1000 people in Trinidad and Tobago , about 600 in the United States , and some 500 people in Poland. "Baccan " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 300 in Italy , and small number of people in Morocco , small number of people in the United States. "Bacian " is used by some 400 people in Chile , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Rikard Bakan, Martina Bakan, Josip Bakan, Alen Bakan, Štefica Bakan, Vladimir Bakan, Katica Bakan, Romano Bakan, Karmela Bakan, Davorka Bakan, Snježana Bakan, Mara Bakan, Katarina Bakan, Rozina Bakan, Antun Bakan, Janez Bakan, Marija Bakan, Nenad Bakan, Helena Bakan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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